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Chapter 40 Manfred and His Apprentice
Rosalie’s heart skipped a beat. When Julian mentioned the word “juiciness,” it sent a tingling sensation through her, making her ears turn red.
She instinctively turned sideways, avoiding his penetrating gaze.
Seeing this, Julina gulped as he broke the silence in his low, hoarse voice.
“Feeling too full? Let’s take a stroll downstairs.”
Rosalie hurriedly rejected him. “No thanks. I have to get back to the books.”
Julian didn’t push for it, either. He hummed in response before he left her apartment.
Within the empty room, Rosalie cleaned the dining table, but her gaze rested on the bag of rice and the bottle of oil in the corner. Julian had such a huge appetite that she was sure he wasn’t even close to being full tonight.
Somehow, she thought to herself that she had to prepare a bigger portion tomorrow.
For the next few days, Julian dropped by Rosalie’s place for dinner. At first, she had to text him to remind
him it was dinner time. At some point, he began knocking on her apartment door when it was time.
He always had some meat with him whenever he showed up, be it pork, lamb, or beef. Every time, he told
her that it was a perk from the department.
Rosalie was fed so much food that she began seeing a little soft curve on her waist. When she pinched it,
it felt both strange and novel.
One day, Steven gave her a phone call.
“Ms. Ashford, the Firmament System crashed again. Camelia resolved it, but we can’t keep letting it crash like this, or we’re going to lose a bunch of clients.
“The board members have given us a warning. If we can’t solve the root of the problem, they’ll shut it
down!”
Rosalie’s gaze turned cold at once. She led the development for the Firmament System, and she would
never let anyone shut it down.
‘I’ll figure something out.”
After a brief pause, she added, “Mr. Miller, it’s only a matter of time before I return to Stellar Group. You have to keep it running until then.”
Steven sighed. “We all know what the issue is, but we haven’t made any progress for the past year…”
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He trailed off before continuing. “How about you consult Prof. Fisher about this? Maybe he can help us find a breakthrough.”
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Rosalie fell silent for a brief moment, her expression darkening mildly.
“Okay. I heard you.”
She hung up the phone and pulled out a research box from her cabinet. When she opened it, rows of neatly arranged hard drives, thumb drives, and other data storage devices.
Rosalie brushed her finger over them one by one, and the memories came flooding back.
Ever since she was a kid, she loved messing around with computers, and she went to several classes.
At some point, Rosalie ran into Manfred by chance, and he taught her the way to turn every creative idea
in her mind into lines of code. And from there, she could turn them into results she could actually use.
He had given her the research box back then.
Four years ago, when the SAT was over, Manfred went to her place. With a cheerful tone, he offered to
make her his apprentice and take her overseas, where the real challenges awaited.
However, Rosalie turned down his offer without hesitation when she learned that they would be going
overseas.
Manfred was so upset that he stuck a finger in her face and called her an obstinate fool before leaving in
a huff.
During Rosalie’s junior year, he contacted her again. This time, the old man humbled himself in the video
call. He said that he could work around her limitations and let her study with him at Claver.
Yet, she turned down Manfred’s offer again. She told him that she could never leave Lucian’s side.
“You ungrateful fool!” Manfred quivered with rage as he snarled. “You don’t deserve to be my apprentice, and you most certainly are unworthy of being in this industry!”
Rosalie even remembered the tragic incident in her past life. She sold off his research box, upsetting him
so much that he was admitted into the hospital.
She wanted to pay Manfred a visit, but his apprentice stopped her from going into his ward. He jabbed a finger in her face and called her an ungrateful fool.
Years later, Rosalie heard that Manfred had passed away due to stomach cancer. She went to his funeral, but she was still prohibited from going in.
His apprentice said to her with reddened eyes, “Before Prof. Fisher passed away, he told me that you’re the last person he wanted to see, Rosalie.”
The sting of the painful memories faded, leaving behind a cold determination in her heart.
Rosalie grabbed her phone, and her fingers hovered over the screen for a moment. At some point, she composed and sent the text.
“Prof. Fisher, are you still looking for an apprentice?”
